why I should stick to wangst and procrastination-posts...
Huh.
While I'm perfectly aware that posting on a livejoural without adding any sort of "friends-only" protection to it is an invitation for anyone to read it (well, *duh*), I have to say it never crossed my mind that anyone outside my friends list would even *bother* reading my posts. So imagine my surprise when my mom asked me this evening if I have a blog and, if so, if I have made any mention of Lynn in it. Turns out I've been quoted on the True Crime Blog in an entry called The Fire, The Professors Wife, The Mystery...
linky
While I'm glad he didn't link to my lj (in an effort to "preserve some privacy"), I do wonder how the hell the author found my post to begin with. Ah well, I've now made that post friends-only because I'd like to keep the tourist traffic to a minimum should anyone else do a keyword search for Lynn.
I was, however, amused my the author's "evidence" from RateMyProfessors.com supporting the idea that Joe wasn't well-liked by his students. Ok, first: what the hell does that have to do with Lynn disappearing and their house burning down? An irate uni student didn't like his/her mark and felt Joe was so EVIL (EBIL I TELL YOU!) that he/she decided to go for arson and kidnapping? Ok, whatever. At least the author admitted that "[the low ratings] may have nothing whatsoever to do with a housefire and his wife's disappearance, however." Good call, there. Second: it's RateMyProfessors.com, dude. The search function is set up so that you can choose your classes based on how hot other people thought the prof was. Plus, for every fair praise or justified critique, you have comments like "obviously doesn't care if students pass or fail, probably climaxes at the thought of failing a student," and "wears the same clothes every day...and marks hard on essay's [punctuation so not mine]."
While I'm perfectly aware that posting on a livejoural without adding any sort of "friends-only" protection to it is an invitation for anyone to read it (well, *duh*), I have to say it never crossed my mind that anyone outside my friends list would even *bother* reading my posts. So imagine my surprise when my mom asked me this evening if I have a blog and, if so, if I have made any mention of Lynn in it. Turns out I've been quoted on the True Crime Blog in an entry called The Fire, The Professors Wife, The Mystery...
linky
While I'm glad he didn't link to my lj (in an effort to "preserve some privacy"), I do wonder how the hell the author found my post to begin with. Ah well, I've now made that post friends-only because I'd like to keep the tourist traffic to a minimum should anyone else do a keyword search for Lynn.
I was, however, amused my the author's "evidence" from RateMyProfessors.com supporting the idea that Joe wasn't well-liked by his students. Ok, first: what the hell does that have to do with Lynn disappearing and their house burning down? An irate uni student didn't like his/her mark and felt Joe was so EVIL (EBIL I TELL YOU!) that he/she decided to go for arson and kidnapping? Ok, whatever. At least the author admitted that "[the low ratings] may have nothing whatsoever to do with a housefire and his wife's disappearance, however." Good call, there. Second: it's RateMyProfessors.com, dude. The search function is set up so that you can choose your classes based on how hot other people thought the prof was. Plus, for every fair praise or justified critique, you have comments like "obviously doesn't care if students pass or fail, probably climaxes at the thought of failing a student," and "wears the same clothes every day...and marks hard on essay's [punctuation so not mine]."